Senelec, Senegal’s state-owned electricity utility and the first supplier of electricity in Senegal, has 2,300 employees and serves over 600,000 customers across the country.
www.senelec.sn

esi-africa.com is the leading portal delivering power and utility management news, connecting industry leaders to instant news, information and direct business opportunities for a truly innovative online business experience.
www.esi-africa.com

iPAD-africa.com is the digital home of Infrastructure Partnerships for African Development and is synonymous with pioneering forums for business development in strategic investment hubs in Africa.  iPAD brings country stakeholders together with investors, financiers & local business, & provides a platform for high-level engagement, information sharing & networking.
www.ipad-africa.com

The goal of ASER is to promote access to electricity in local populations and consumers.  ASER aims to assure safe conditions, pricing comparable to the economic standards of the nation, and accelerated rural electrification schemes.
www.aser.sn

CODESEN is a sub-regional organization established to support the Senegalese River Basin civil society in its integrated management of water resources and to uphold transparency for environmentally friendly use of natural resources including water and energy minerals.

The Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture of Dakar is a public establishment with a professional character. The
Chamber is in charge of supporting the interests and initiatives of key economic sectors by representing its private sector
members and liaising with public authorities directly on their behalf.
www.cciad.sn

ECREEE aims at the establishment of favorable framework conditions for regional renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa. The activities of the Centre are directed to mitigate existing barriers by supporting policy development, capacity building, the design of tailored financial mechanisms and appraisal tools, awareness raising and the execution of demonstration projects with potential for regional scaling up.
www.ecreee.org

Established in March 1972, the objectives of OMVS were defined by its 3 member states and its partners in development.  These objectives include: reduction of the population’s vulnerability to climatic shifts and external forces, preservation of the equilibrium of the local ecosystem, improved economic development for its member states, and to ensure independent access to food and water for the local Basin communities.
www.omvs.org

The Standard Transfer Specification (STS) Association was formed in 1997 as the custodian of the STS prepayment metering technology standard. Its aims are to maintain the necessary infrastructure, promote the technology internationally and further develop the standard to meet emerging international demands for additional functionality. The Association ensures inter-operability between system components from different manufacturers by accrediting and maintaining a list of test laboratories that ensure correct STS functionality of equipment; through the managed availability of encrypted vending keys to manufacturing members of the Association; and by ensuring consistent use of manufacturer identity codes and meter serial numbers.
www.stsassociation.org

The UPDEA is the Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa. UPDEA was established in May 1970 with its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
www.updea-africa.org

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working for establishing a reliable power grid for the region and a common market for electricity. It was founded in 2000.
www.ecowapp.org

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